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#7 WR in 2013. Now with Linehan as OC...legit threat to be top-3 WR? Please discuss.

Absolutely. The Linehan signing is a huge boon for Dez & Romo. Top 3 WR that you can get closer to WR 10. It's foolish to expect last year's inconsistent season when the circumstances have changed in his favor. Stats on par with 2012.

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I'm tired of waiting for Dez, but its hard to project less than top 5 WR value in 2014. Just too many games with 3-4 targets in the last 2 years, it seemed like. Josh Gordon will probably scare anyone at his probable cost this year unless of course, you wre Brian Hoyer's college roommate. To me it truly is Calvin, then everyone else- Dez,DT,Gordon,Julio,etc

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Its Calvin, then everyone else- Dez,DT,Gordon, Marshall, Julio..that being said Id probably have Dez as my #2 WR based on the fact he has a competent regular season QB haha, (I don't see Josh Gordon doing that again with that stable of QBs and no run game). Also, will not have to share targets like Marshall and Jeffrey. Logic tells me top 3, but its a freakin crapshoot, we all know this

AJ - top 5 WR in b2b seasons, only 25 so best years could still be yet to come, new OC "The Wolverine" Hue Jackson knows how to run an offense

and then there are guys like ABrown, AJohnson, Julio, JNelson, Cobb, DJax, AJeffrey, KAllen, Crabtree, Welker (if Decker leaves), TY Hilton - who all have the potential to be top 5 guys as their QB and team/offense situations should be really good.

In my opinion, Dez has just as good a chance as any of the consensus top 4-6 guys to finish as (or right around) the #1 fantasy WR for 2014.

AJ - top 5 WR in b2b seasons, only 25 so best years could still be yet to come, new OC "The Wolverine" Hue Jackson knows how to run an offense

and then there are guys like ABrown, AJohnson, Julio, JNelson, Cobb, DJax, AJeffrey, KAllen, Crabtree, Welker (if Decker leaves), TY Hilton - who all have the potential to be top 5 guys as their QB and team/offense situations should be really good.

In my opinion, Dez has just as good a chance as any of the consensus top 4-6 guys to finish as (or right around) the #1 fantasy WR for 2014.

So do I. I just think its shortsighted to exclude Gordon from top-3 consideration when he was the #1 WR last year.

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Linehan will help Dez even more in 2014. He'll have a little bit better numbers, but more importantly, I think the new playcaller will allow those fantasy points to be spread out better throughout the season with better consistency.

Only guys I'll take over Dez

Calvin

DT

BMarsh

AJ, and a healthy Julio are right there, but I'll probably end up giving Dez the nod, I understand putting AJ abover Dez for sure, but I just think Linehan gives him an uptick, and makes sure he gets involved on a weekly basis. If Julio looks himself in the preseason, however, he's probably above dez for me. Love Gordon, top5 talent, but the solid QB situation isn't there yet which bugs me. There are things I like about Hoyer, but obviously he's still a huge question mark, we'll see which QB they draft, but you can only hope a rookie starting QB can provide for Gordon out the gate.

Although Bryant can finish number one and guys like Marshall or brown are less likely, his consistency last year frustrated me. But in my PPR leagues I'm also ranking these 7 WRs in my top 12 overall so I'm very high on all these individuals.

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This is clearly the plan with Linehan running the offense. That's why the realistic upside of Dez (1,600+ yds, 15+ TD) outweigh the downside risk (a floor of his #'s the previous 2 seasons and/or injury concerns) in my opinion. Also, we're not talking about having to reach for him in rd 1. Calvin, DT, BMarsh, JGordon, AJ are all going to go before him - maybe even guys like Julio, ABrown, Alshon, Jordy too. When you consider the RB, QB, TE (Graham only) that will go before him, Dez's ADP will likely end up in the 20-25 range. Elite level talent + more opportunity - it's a no-brainer yet many will over think things.